MANKATO-October 8, 2012-(KMKO)-Long time Native American activist and scholar Andrea Smith will be the keynote speaker at the 31st annual Women & Spirituality Conference in Mankato. The event will be held Saturday and Sunday at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The conference, which is open to the public, includes workshops and exhibits with 90 vendors and more than 100 workshops. For more information and to register, call 389-2077.